Environment & Safety
Improve process reliability and reduce emissions with sealless pumps
Several successful applications were implemented at this refinery
Constructing and designing blast-resistant buildings
New technology improves safety and reliability for this critical plant structure
Selecting instrumentation for safety instrumented system applications
Follow these guidelines for the most effective and economical installations
Update your sulfur management program
Flexibility of liquid redox processing can optimize refinery sulfur handling
The foundation for safety excellence
Twenty years ago, on December 3, 1984, water contaminated a tank of methyl isocyanate (MIC) in Bhopal, India, initiating a series of events that led to a catastrophic release of toxic MIC, ultimately ..
Consider remote-control methods for floating roof tanks
Continuous online methods fine-tune safety and control operations for these storage tanks
Applying temperature-activated relief devices
Follow these system design and installation guidelines
Applying safety instrumented systems to raw natural gas complexes
Safety transmitters provide a higher level of protection than conventional instruments
Re-evaluate recycling options for the Claus unit
This simulation-based study finds that significant sulfur recovery capacity is attainable through recycling
What HAZOP studies cannot do
Safety experts have extensively used this investigative methodology to identify possible hazards with new designs and operating units; however, these studies do have limits

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